Police treating Harlow house fire deaths as murder

Father speaks at funeral of wife and five children

Dr Abdul Shakoor has spoken at the funeral of his wife and five children who died in a house fire in Harlow, Essex. Dr Shakoor, his voice breaking with emotion, said he has lost everything in his life.

Sabah Usmani, a doctor, and her children - Hira, 12, Sohaib, 11, Muneeb, nine, Rayyan, six, and Maheen, three - died in the fire in Barn Mead last week. Dr Shakoor had desperately tried to save his family from their blazing home.